Molecular classification of breast cancer

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 465, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-14

  Vuong, Darina ^a,b   Simpson, Peter T ^a   Green, Benjamin ^a,b   Cummings, Margaret C ^a,b,c   Lakhani, Sunil R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Breast cancer molecular pathology; Classification; Genomics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; GENOMICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84904741012     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: 14322307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-014-1593-7     Document Type: Review

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